cobrovscoisoConfusable pair

Quick tell: cobro is a verb, coiso is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“cobro” is a verb and “coiso” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#32,110
“cobro” frequency rank
#30,884
“coiso” frequency rank
62994
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cobro coiso
Definition primeira pessoa do singular do presente indicativo do verbo cobrar uma pessoa qualquer

Letter map: cobro vs coiso

Shared letters muted; letters that set cobro and coiso apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. cobro (CVCCV) and coiso (CVVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

5 ch
cobro
5 ch
coiso

Role in the sentence - cobro and coiso

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: cobro is averb and coisoanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62994, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cobro is recorded at frequency rank #32,110, classified as averb, pronounced /ˈko.bɾu/. coiso is at rank #30,884, tagged as anoun.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 62994, this pair ranks #6,401 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of cobro vs coiso

Shared letters: co. Private to "cobro": br. Private to "coiso": is.

"cobro" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "coiso" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cobro ← cboro · ccobro · cobbro · cobor · cobrro · corbo · ocbro
  • coiso ← ccoiso · cioso · coios · coisso · cosio · ociso

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "cobro" and "coiso" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "cobro" is a verb and "coiso" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "cobro" or "coiso" show up more?
"coiso" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #30,884 in our Portuguese list, against #32,110 for "cobro". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "cobro" and "coiso". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "cobro" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "coiso" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #6,401 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cobro" and "coiso" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ciao vs coiso". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #6,401 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list